BlockGobell, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72366. The Survey maps it on the Watkins Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1939 USGS Modoc quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Modoc quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Modoc quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Modoc quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Watkins Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gobell between 2000 and 2001, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 November 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watkins Corner | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cypert | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kingtown | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Trenton | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Turner | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pilgrims Rest | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Marvell | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Poplar Grove | 6.7 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122565206 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65516. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.